Eighty last month – and lots of good eating!
My nephew, old colleagues and new friends all came
A day’s circle dancing, a trip to the ballet,
And a scrumptious lunch with old – what’s her name?

Still Keeping Fit with the other old ladies,
Reading good books (and bad, some would scoff),
Walk the estates, go to the meetings,
(Hope no-one notices when I nod off.)

Cream cakes and movies at two in the morning,
Gangsters or musicals – which shall we choose?
Painting, calligraphy – let’s be creative -
But oh! how a poem slips into a snooze!